Rethinking LGBTQIA Students and Collegiate Contexts: Identity, Policies, and Campus Climate

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Rethinking LGBTQIA Students and Collegiate Contexts situates and problematizes identity interaction, campus life, student experiences, and the effectiveness of services, programs, and policies affecting LGBTQIA college students at both two- and four-year institutions. This volume draws from intersectional and critical perspectives to explore the complex ways in which LGBTQIA identities are shaped, discussed, and researched in higher education spaces. Chapters provide student affairs and higher education scholars with theory and practice perspectives on sociopolitical and historical contexts, student learning and development, support services, and explore how higher education reflects society’s pervasive stereotypes and lack of awareness of LGBTQIA students’ identity development and needs. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Foreword Preface: Reflecting on Identity, Reframing Policies, and Reshaping Higher Education Acknowledgements PART I: Rethinking LGBTQIA Identity 1. Multiplicity of LGBTQ+ Identities, Intersections, and Complexities Languaging Identity and Discourse The Construction, Deconstruction, Reconstruction, and Re-imagining of LGBTQ+ Identities Gender Unicorn Intersectionality Brief Historical Overview of LGBTQ+ Issues in U.S. Higher Education The Call to Educators and Higher Education Administrators References 2. How Intersex Identities Shape Sex and Gender: What’s at Stake in Postsecondary Education? Understanding Intersex Intersex and Postsecondary Education Context References 3. Gender, Kinship, and Student Services: A Dialogue Centering Trans Narratives in Higher Education Setting the Stage Writing Process Clarifying Terms The Dialogue Implications Conclusion References 4. Exploring the Experiences of LGBTQIA+ Collegians with Disabilities: Maybe I Exist Helping the Invisible Become Visible: A Review of Research Focusing on LGBTQIA+ Collegians with Disabilities Identity Development of LGBTQIA+ Collegians with Disabilities Moving Beyond the Anecdotal: Understanding the Campus Climate for LGBTQIA+ Collegians with Disabilities Establishing Culturally Responsive Practices: Recommendations and Implications Concluding Thoughts References PART II: Rethinking Contexts 5. Assessing the Classroom “Space” for LTBTQ+ Students Student Learning and Development: The Role of the Classroom Context Conclusion Note References 6. Asexual Student Invisibility and Erasure in Higher Education: “I Thought I Was The Only One” Amplifying Asexual Voices Contextualizing Asexuality Asexual Invisibility Asexual Erasure Discussion Implications for Policy and Practice Notes References 7. Revealing the Potential for Historically Black Colleges and Universities to be Liberatory Environments for Queer Students: (Re)Centering the Narrative Introduction Confronting the Need to (Re)Write the Queer Presence into Historically Black Colleges and Universities (Re)Visiting the Past to Re-Capture the (In)Visible Yet Resilient Narratives of Black Queer HBCU Vanguards (Re)Calling and Confronting Conservative HBCU Histories Setting the Standard: A Contemporary Glimpse into How HBCUs Are Engaging Their Queer Students Progressing Toward Full Support of The Many Intersections Of “Blackness” Notes References 8. LGBTQ+ Matters and the Community College: Policy and Program Considerations for Students, Faculty, and Staff Considering the Context Institutional/Campus Context Homeplace Contexts Time and Sociopolitical Contexts LGBTQ+ Faculty and Staff at Community Colleges Implications and Conclusion Note References PART III: Rethinking Policies and Possibilities 9. Challenging Complicity and Institutional Racism: The Role of Critical White Queer Academics Notes References 10. Trickle Up Policy-Building: Envisioning Possibilities for Trans*formative Change in Postsecondary Education Trans* Policy and Higher Education Trickle Up Activism and Education Data, Data, Data (Data-driven Policy-making) Conclusion: Envisioning Possibilities for Trans*formative Policy Change Notes References 11. Trans QuantCrit: An Invitation to a ThirdSpace for Higher Education Quantitative Researchers Thirdspace Analysis of Higher Education Implications and Concluding Thoughts Theoretical Considerations Research Practice Closing Reflexivity References 12. Ending Allies through the Eradication of the Ally (Industrial) Complex The Ally Industrial Complex in Higher Education A Word on Decolonization A Field with a Complex Implications Personal Reflections Conclusion References Afterword Contributors Index